Re: LyX Review

2001-10-31 Thread Allan Rae
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: On Tuesday 30 October 2001 7:01 am, Allan Rae wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: Allan (Rae) is overly kind in his words, largely because I was the first GUII-friendly person that took up his challenge! And after I drummed my

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-31 Thread Allan Rae
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: > On Tuesday 30 October 2001 7:01 am, Allan Rae wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > > > Allan (Rae) is overly kind in his words, largely because I was the > > > first GUII-friendly person that took up his challenge! > > > > And

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 7:01 am, Allan Rae wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: Allan (Rae) is overly kind in his words, largely because I was the first GUII-friendly person that took up his challenge! And after I drummed my doctrine into you you put wings on my baby and

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-30 Thread Mike Ressler
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Brian Proffitt wrote: Regarding LyX overall, what are some of the features you think users will appreciate the most when they use this application? In addition to all the previously mentioned stuff, it is well documented. We on the doc team have tried hard to provide help

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-30 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 7:01 am, Allan Rae wrote: > On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > Allan (Rae) is overly kind in his words, largely because I was the > > first GUII-friendly person that took up his challenge! > > And after I drummed my doctrine into you you put wings on my

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-30 Thread Mike Ressler
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Brian Proffitt wrote: > Regarding LyX overall, what are some of the features you think users will > appreciate the most when they use this application? In addition to all the previously mentioned stuff, it is well documented. We on the doc team have tried hard to provide

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-29 Thread Allan Rae
On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: Allan (Rae) is overly kind in his words, largely because I was the first GUII-friendly person that took up his challenge! And after I drummed my doctrine into you you put wings on my baby and taught her to fly :-) Probably the nicest present I've

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-29 Thread Allan Rae
On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Angus Leeming wrote: > Allan (Rae) is overly kind in his words, largely because I was the > first GUII-friendly person that took up his challenge! And after I drummed my doctrine into you you put wings on my baby and taught her to fly :-) Probably the nicest present I've

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-28 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
Specifically, I am interested in the status of the GUI Independence Project. I have looked over the status report on your Web site, but I wanted to ask some additional questions: The GUII project has been running for a very long time. Thoughts about the project were floating around even

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-28 Thread Allan Rae
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Brian Proffitt wrote: What is the overall strategy of the GIP? Asger and John have answered this pretty well. What are the most challenging aspects of the GIP? Convincing the nay-sayers that it was worthwhile in the first place then spending three years trying to build

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-28 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> Specifically, I am interested in the status of the GUI Independence Project. > I have looked over the status report on your Web site, but I wanted to ask > some additional questions: The GUII project has been running for a very long time. Thoughts about the project were floating around even

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-28 Thread Allan Rae
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Brian Proffitt wrote: > What is the overall strategy of the GIP? Asger and John have answered this pretty well. > What are the most challenging aspects of the GIP? Convincing the nay-sayers that it was worthwhile in the first place then spending three years trying to

LyX Review

2001-10-27 Thread Brian Proffitt
All: My name is Brian Proffitt, and I am a columnist for LinuxPlanet. Currently I am in the midst of a series of articles about various Linux word processors, and I have turned my attention to Lyx. At the recommendation of Lars, I am posing some questions to you, the LyX developers' community,

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-27 Thread Gaillard Pierre-Olivier
Hi Brian, I use Lyx at my workplace. I may not quote my company (my contract forbids it), but let's say we write Ada software to control big hardware. Brian Proffitt wrote: Regarding LyX overall, what are some of the features you think users will appreciate the most when they use this

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-27 Thread John Levon
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 11:01:35AM -0500, Brian Proffitt wrote: I have looked over the status report on your Web site, but I wanted to ask some additional questions: What is the overall strategy of the GIP? Flexibly supporting the internal interfaces, with the minimum of duplicated code,

LyX Review

2001-10-27 Thread Brian Proffitt
All: My name is Brian Proffitt, and I am a columnist for LinuxPlanet. Currently I am in the midst of a series of articles about various Linux word processors, and I have turned my attention to Lyx. At the recommendation of Lars, I am posing some questions to you, the LyX developers' community,

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-27 Thread Gaillard Pierre-Olivier
Hi Brian, I use Lyx at my workplace. I may not quote my company (my contract forbids it), but let's say we write Ada software to control big hardware. Brian Proffitt wrote: > Regarding LyX overall, what are some of the features you think users will > appreciate the most when they use this

Re: LyX Review

2001-10-27 Thread John Levon
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 11:01:35AM -0500, Brian Proffitt wrote: > I have looked over the status report on your Web site, but I wanted to ask > some additional questions: > > What is the overall strategy of the GIP? Flexibly supporting the internal interfaces, with the minimum of duplicated

Re: LyX review

2000-09-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"Amir" == Amir Karger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Amir http://www.showmelinux.com/092000/inreview.html Hmm, better than the appreciation given i nthe first paragraph of http://linux.com/desktops/newsitem.phtml?sid=91aid=10740 I've already read that LyX is ugly, but arcane... JMarc

Re: LyX review

2000-09-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Amir" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Amir> http://www.showmelinux.com/092000/inreview.html Hmm, better than the appreciation given i nthe first paragraph of http://linux.com/desktops/newsitem.phtml?sid=91=10740 I've already read that LyX is ugly, but arcane... JMarc

LyX review

2000-09-10 Thread Amir Karger
http://www.showmelinux.com/092000/inreview.html Note: the last paragraph says you can't paste from LyX into other apps. Hasn't that been changed lately? If not, are there projections for changing it soon? -Amir

LyX review

2000-09-10 Thread Amir Karger
http://www.showmelinux.com/092000/inreview.html Note: the last paragraph says you can't paste from LyX into other apps. Hasn't that been changed lately? If not, are there projections for changing it soon? -Amir

LyX Review at LinuxPower

1999-03-14 Thread Allan Rae
I don't recall anyone telling us about this review. Dated Feb 15. by Jeremy "Unknwn" Katz on LyX-1.0 http://linuxpower.org/display_item.phtml?id=103 Fairly short review, recommends reading tutorial and the author feels LyX "has a stronger feature set than any other word processor currently

Re: LyX Review at LinuxPower

1999-03-14 Thread larry
On Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 11:10:52PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: I don't recall anyone telling us about this review. Dated Feb 15. by Jeremy "Unknwn" Katz on LyX-1.0 http://linuxpower.org/display_item.phtml?id=103 Fairly short review, recommends reading tutorial and the author feels LyX "has

Re: LyX Review at LinuxPower

1999-03-14 Thread Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glad someone is being praised, rather than criticized, for calling LyX the best *word* processor around. sigh. They not only call LyX a *word processor*, they still call it a *frontend to latex*. But it's good to see that they understand the

LyX Review at LinuxPower

1999-03-14 Thread Allan Rae
I don't recall anyone telling us about this review. Dated Feb 15. by Jeremy "Unknwn" Katz on LyX-1.0 http://linuxpower.org/display_item.phtml?id=103 Fairly short review, recommends reading tutorial and the author feels LyX "has a stronger feature set than any other word processor currently

Re: LyX Review at LinuxPower

1999-03-14 Thread larry
On Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 11:10:52PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: > > I don't recall anyone telling us about this review. > Dated Feb 15. by Jeremy "Unknwn" Katz on LyX-1.0 > > http://linuxpower.org/display_item.phtml?id=103 > > Fairly short review, recommends reading tutorial and the author feels

Re: LyX Review at LinuxPower

1999-03-14 Thread Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Glad someone is being praised, rather than criticized, for calling > LyX the best *word* processor around. . They not only call LyX a *word processor*, they still call it a *frontend to latex*. But it's good to see that they understand the